Narrative: something that is narrated: story, account. The art, technique, or process of narrating. adj. Consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story.
-Narrative is the structure that gives shape to the story. It is used in all type of literature.
-There are different types of narrative structures: open, closed and linear structure.
-Narrative is told from first person
-Tells a story using events in order
-Uses figurative language
-Has a beginning, middle and end
This is an interesting video, that explains what a narrative is, gives the definition and explains the different structures of a narrative. Then it even goes into a man named Vladmir Propp who studied narrative
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Literary Term Parallelism
Parallelism: The quality or condition of being parallel; a parallel relationship. Likeness, correspondence, or similarity in aspect, course, or tendency.
-Items in a series, list, or compound must be in parallel form
Example
The girl is looking in the mirror and brushing her hair.
-the verbs are parrallel, they endings of the verb must be the same. If the verbs correspond then it is a parallelism. If the word had changed from brushing to brushes. It is not parrallel. Whatever you are comparing must be parallel if it is parallelism.
The video above, gives more example of parrallelism and even gives wrong examples. It explains parallelism a bit as well.
The video above gives even more examples. Except unlike the video above gives a wider range of different comparison. Showing whatever you compare must be parallel.
-Items in a series, list, or compound must be in parallel form
Example
The girl is looking in the mirror and brushing her hair.
-the verbs are parrallel, they endings of the verb must be the same. If the verbs correspond then it is a parallelism. If the word had changed from brushing to brushes. It is not parrallel. Whatever you are comparing must be parallel if it is parallelism.
The video above, gives more example of parrallelism and even gives wrong examples. It explains parallelism a bit as well.
The video above gives even more examples. Except unlike the video above gives a wider range of different comparison. Showing whatever you compare must be parallel.
Literary TermPlot
Plot: is a literary technique; it is the rendering and ordering of the events and actions of a story, particularly towards the achievement of some particular artistic or emotional effect. Events that make up a story
The plot may follow that sequential, or chronological order, or, for artistic effect, it may relate the actions in a different order.
Main Elements of a plot
Exposition: background information a reader must understand in order to know what is going on in the story
Conflict: complication or problem the main character(s) must deal with; it gets the action moving
Rising Action: events (and more conflicts) that occur when the main character tackles the problem; level of excitement and suspense builds
Climax: the main character comes face to face with the problem; most exciting part of the story
Falling Action: things begin to get back to normal; life goes on (even if the problem isn't solved)
Denoument (Resolve): loose ends are tied off; allows reader to clearly understand what happened
The video above, focuses on elements of plot. It has other elemenst not mentioned above. It gives examples and even shows four different kinds of conflict. The video also provides a Plot structure.
A way to remember different plots, is the Hiker's Dilemma. Picture a mountain and two hikers. They have just made a bet saying who ever reaches the top of the mountain first and gets back to the bottom wins fifty bucks. They each start on different path. Now the hikers time getting to the top is the rising action. On the way up they may trip over rocks, meet creatures, who knows. When one of the hikers gets to the top he sees the other got to the top as well. This is the climax. The problem now is who ever gets to the bottom first wins. They both stare at each then race off. The falling action will be them racing down the moutain. Then finally the resolution a hiker wins and gets fifty bucks. That's a way I remember plot.
The plot may follow that sequential, or chronological order, or, for artistic effect, it may relate the actions in a different order.
Main Elements of a plot
Exposition: background information a reader must understand in order to know what is going on in the story
Conflict: complication or problem the main character(s) must deal with; it gets the action moving
Rising Action: events (and more conflicts) that occur when the main character tackles the problem; level of excitement and suspense builds
Climax: the main character comes face to face with the problem; most exciting part of the story
Falling Action: things begin to get back to normal; life goes on (even if the problem isn't solved)
Denoument (Resolve): loose ends are tied off; allows reader to clearly understand what happened
The video above, focuses on elements of plot. It has other elemenst not mentioned above. It gives examples and even shows four different kinds of conflict. The video also provides a Plot structure.
A way to remember different plots, is the Hiker's Dilemma. Picture a mountain and two hikers. They have just made a bet saying who ever reaches the top of the mountain first and gets back to the bottom wins fifty bucks. They each start on different path. Now the hikers time getting to the top is the rising action. On the way up they may trip over rocks, meet creatures, who knows. When one of the hikers gets to the top he sees the other got to the top as well. This is the climax. The problem now is who ever gets to the bottom first wins. They both stare at each then race off. The falling action will be them racing down the moutain. Then finally the resolution a hiker wins and gets fifty bucks. That's a way I remember plot.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Literary Term Narrator
Narrator:
There is not much else to say about a narrator. It is the voice of the story. A narrator can be telling his own story. First person point of veiw. The character is the narrator.
In the video above. Morgan freeman's voice is being heard, he is telling a short story. Making him the Narrator.
- a person who gives an account or tells the story of events, experiences, etc
- The speaker of the story.
There is not much else to say about a narrator. It is the voice of the story. A narrator can be telling his own story. First person point of veiw. The character is the narrator.
In the video above. Morgan freeman's voice is being heard, he is telling a short story. Making him the Narrator.
Thinking Outside the Box
Sartre and Plato stories where interesting pieces of work. They both had some similarities with limitation and tone. I felt though there where also differences with characters and how the settings where developed.
In Plato's Allegory of the Cave the limitation for the story is the prisoners shackled. They are limited of knowledge and only get hold of what they think is reality. The prisoner's limitations in the cave is them not being to see the whole truth. The cave and shackles is their limitation. They are limited to freedom. In Sartre's No Exit limitation, was tricky for me to actually find. I would think the limitation the three characters is being stuck in the room together forever. They have no say so in anything, their freedom is limited. They are stuck in hell and can never leave. They may speak and do whatever, but they are not aloud to leave the room. The room is there limitation. In both works you see their freedom is limited.
I feel the tone in both works where pretty similar. They both held a seriousness. In Plato the tone you can tell was serious because it talked about humanity. It explained how one can not fully grasp reality, how humanity is some what ignorant. In Sartre's I also thought the tone was serious. Especially with each character, they told the reason why they where sent to hell. I felt these people were also ignorant. So the similarity is in each piece of literature the people were ignorant.
I felt the settings where also similar in a way. The cave when the prisoners, saw the light the some wanted to shrink back to the cave. They could not handle reality and the cave was the only thing they felt safe in. The room in No Exit I felt held similar meaning. When Garcin had the chance to leave, the outside the heat hit him. He wasn't sure what was out there and he went back inside. Unsure himself, the room was the only thing he knew that was safe. So I felt both settings where there safe house.
Plato and Sartre I also felt had many differences. For instance, how the settings where developed. In Sartre the setting was developed through Dialogue. The man Garcin, was asking about the room and saying things that where in there. In Plato the setting was simple ot right described with much detail. Another thing different was the characters. In Plato the characters where forced there, to be in the cave. They had no choice, they where shackled and could not move. Satre his characters made poor choices, and dug their on grave to hell. Their actions caused them to be there.
As you can see, Plato and Sartre works had many similarities but also had differences. It was interesting to compare the two, they were great reads.
In Plato's Allegory of the Cave the limitation for the story is the prisoners shackled. They are limited of knowledge and only get hold of what they think is reality. The prisoner's limitations in the cave is them not being to see the whole truth. The cave and shackles is their limitation. They are limited to freedom. In Sartre's No Exit limitation, was tricky for me to actually find. I would think the limitation the three characters is being stuck in the room together forever. They have no say so in anything, their freedom is limited. They are stuck in hell and can never leave. They may speak and do whatever, but they are not aloud to leave the room. The room is there limitation. In both works you see their freedom is limited.
I feel the tone in both works where pretty similar. They both held a seriousness. In Plato the tone you can tell was serious because it talked about humanity. It explained how one can not fully grasp reality, how humanity is some what ignorant. In Sartre's I also thought the tone was serious. Especially with each character, they told the reason why they where sent to hell. I felt these people were also ignorant. So the similarity is in each piece of literature the people were ignorant.
I felt the settings where also similar in a way. The cave when the prisoners, saw the light the some wanted to shrink back to the cave. They could not handle reality and the cave was the only thing they felt safe in. The room in No Exit I felt held similar meaning. When Garcin had the chance to leave, the outside the heat hit him. He wasn't sure what was out there and he went back inside. Unsure himself, the room was the only thing he knew that was safe. So I felt both settings where there safe house.
Plato and Sartre I also felt had many differences. For instance, how the settings where developed. In Sartre the setting was developed through Dialogue. The man Garcin, was asking about the room and saying things that where in there. In Plato the setting was simple ot right described with much detail. Another thing different was the characters. In Plato the characters where forced there, to be in the cave. They had no choice, they where shackled and could not move. Satre his characters made poor choices, and dug their on grave to hell. Their actions caused them to be there.
As you can see, Plato and Sartre works had many similarities but also had differences. It was interesting to compare the two, they were great reads.
Literary Term Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing:
-Fortune tellers
-Omens (Breaking a mirror seven years of bad luck)
-Seeing dark clouds, can foreshadow a storm probably be coming.
-Music can be another example. If it has a scary sound, you know something suspensful is coming.
-Clear sky can tell you the day will be nice. Weather is another example for foreshadowing.
The video above does a great explaining, different kinds of foreshadowing. There are musical foreshadowing, verbal foreshadowing, facial foreshadowing, visual and action foreshadowing After the video hits the half way point the rest of the video gives you example, then asks you to guess which kind of foreshadowing is used.
A great way to remember foreshadowing, is to remember fortune teller. Fortune tellers, can see events that are going to come. Foreshadowing hints about events that are later on come.
- is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story
- is a way of indicating or hinting at what will come later
-Fortune tellers
-Omens (Breaking a mirror seven years of bad luck)
-Seeing dark clouds, can foreshadow a storm probably be coming.
-Music can be another example. If it has a scary sound, you know something suspensful is coming.
-Clear sky can tell you the day will be nice. Weather is another example for foreshadowing.
The video above does a great explaining, different kinds of foreshadowing. There are musical foreshadowing, verbal foreshadowing, facial foreshadowing, visual and action foreshadowing After the video hits the half way point the rest of the video gives you example, then asks you to guess which kind of foreshadowing is used.
A great way to remember foreshadowing, is to remember fortune teller. Fortune tellers, can see events that are going to come. Foreshadowing hints about events that are later on come.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Literary Term Chiasmus
Chiasmus: In rhetoric, a verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first with the parts reversed.
Examples:
He was just the man for such a place and it was just the place for such a man.
You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.
I flee who chases me, and chase who flees me
Better a jerk that knees than a knee that jerks
The video above shows the examples in the above video. A way to remember chiasmus, is to remember it is a chiasmus, if you can switch the two main things/subject around in a sentence and it still has the same meaning.
Examples:
He was just the man for such a place and it was just the place for such a man.
You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.
I flee who chases me, and chase who flees me
Better a jerk that knees than a knee that jerks
The video above shows the examples in the above video. A way to remember chiasmus, is to remember it is a chiasmus, if you can switch the two main things/subject around in a sentence and it still has the same meaning.
Literary Terms Metonymy and Synecdoche
Metonymy: A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated.
Examples:
Crown can be associated with royalty
A ring can be associated with marriage
White House associated with where the President lives
Heart can be assocaited to love
Synecdoche: A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole
Examples:
How do you like my new ride (You know I mean new car)
All hands on deck (You know that means all sailors on ship)
The video above does a great job of explaining the two. It is really easy to get the two confused. When you think of synecdoche, think with anything to do with people, because people are a whole. When you think of metonymy uses words that can substitute one another. The video above gives great examples with mvies, literature and music.
Examples:
Crown can be associated with royalty
A ring can be associated with marriage
White House associated with where the President lives
Heart can be assocaited to love
Synecdoche: A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole
Examples:
How do you like my new ride (You know I mean new car)
All hands on deck (You know that means all sailors on ship)
The video above does a great job of explaining the two. It is really easy to get the two confused. When you think of synecdoche, think with anything to do with people, because people are a whole. When you think of metonymy uses words that can substitute one another. The video above gives great examples with mvies, literature and music.
Literary Term Implication
Implication: something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood. To indicate something.
The way to remember what implication is to think of the word implying.
Situation of when implying is used:
When your accusing someone they did something, but you don't outright say it. Then they say, "what are you implying?" They are basically mean: What are you saying or mean?
Implying is another word for a suggesting, saying or meaning.
The video above is a funny way to see the word implication. It is easily seen of what the pony is implying. But he doesn't out right say it. He keeps saying he is implying, instead of outright saying it. He is suggesting things with clues in what he means.
The way to remember what implication is to think of the word implying.
Situation of when implying is used:
When your accusing someone they did something, but you don't outright say it. Then they say, "what are you implying?" They are basically mean: What are you saying or mean?
Implying is another word for a suggesting, saying or meaning.
The video above is a funny way to see the word implication. It is easily seen of what the pony is implying. But he doesn't out right say it. He keeps saying he is implying, instead of outright saying it. He is suggesting things with clues in what he means.
Literary Terms Allegory
Allegory: The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.
An example can be:
The video above, basically is "The Allegory of the Cave." The video itself shows what a Allegory is. It shows the difference in which one thinks what they know the world is like, when they are soon hit with reality.
The video above shows how the glasses are reality or the truth, you see the world as it truly is.
An example can be:
- a story in which the characters and events are symbols expressing thruth about life.
- A story that is about one thing, but that can applied to another thing.
The video above, basically is "The Allegory of the Cave." The video itself shows what a Allegory is. It shows the difference in which one thinks what they know the world is like, when they are soon hit with reality.
The video above shows how the glasses are reality or the truth, you see the world as it truly is.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Literary Term Personification
Personification: a figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract concept is given human qualities or said to perform humanlike actions or possess humanlike emotions.
Examples:
The wind softly whispered to the world. (The wind can't whisper, humans can)
The sun smiled down on the people. (The sun can't smile, but human can)
The way I remember what Personification means, is I think of the word Person. When I think of the word person I think of human. Then it makes me remember human charcteristics. Once I remember human characteristics it makes me remember the defintion, inanimated objects having human charcteristics.
This video, the guy gives Pain human traits. In the beginning he is explaining how he let Pain come to his house. He then talks how he let Fate come over for breakfast and gave him a name. Then he is talking to Fate and asking why he gave his heart to Pain. The last thing he talks about Peace, saying he knows him so well. He gave Fate, Pain and Peace human characteristics. In the poem he acts like the three are human that he invited over for a meal.
This video is just explaining what personification is and examples. It even goes farther with giving the us a new word, Anthropomorphism. Saying how people get it confused with personification. Anthropomorphism is animals given human characteristics.
Examples:
The wind softly whispered to the world. (The wind can't whisper, humans can)
The sun smiled down on the people. (The sun can't smile, but human can)
The way I remember what Personification means, is I think of the word Person. When I think of the word person I think of human. Then it makes me remember human charcteristics. Once I remember human characteristics it makes me remember the defintion, inanimated objects having human charcteristics.
This video, the guy gives Pain human traits. In the beginning he is explaining how he let Pain come to his house. He then talks how he let Fate come over for breakfast and gave him a name. Then he is talking to Fate and asking why he gave his heart to Pain. The last thing he talks about Peace, saying he knows him so well. He gave Fate, Pain and Peace human characteristics. In the poem he acts like the three are human that he invited over for a meal.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
BIG QUESTION
With all the time, effort and money in college, in the end is the result even worthwhile?
Hamlet's Essay
In the book Hamlet performative utterance played a big role. Performative utterance is "doing of an action." Hamlet's actions and self-overhearing help us understand the story clearer. Self- overhearing is when one talks to themselves or speaks out loud.
Hamlet's actions to speak out loud (self-overhearing) let us comprehend the story better. In his "to be or not to be," speech you got a sense of what he what he was feeling. He got to understand his actions as well. During the speech he talked about how he thought death was better than dealing with all the stress placed on his shoulders. You got to see how stable he was or if he was becoming a madman. Him speaking aloud helped us see how he was feeling and how complicated his life was to deal with.
Performative utterance/action showed how he impacted the characters through interaction. You knew who he trusted and what his motives were towards others. He didn't really like others much after he saw their true colors. His only friend he trusted was Horatio. His actions towards others also affected them. His wild ways, caused others to go mad and even kill themselves. His mother didn't care for him after his behaivor, his uncle didn't trust him, his child hood friends did what his uncle told them to do, he accidentally killed Polonius, Ophelia becoming mad killed herself, and Laertes wanted to kill him. The tragic accident of Hamlet's fathers death, caused him much pain and distance himselves from others. Hamlet's actions impacted the other characters immensly.
I can see how actions and speaking aloud can help any situation. Everyone uses self-overhearing. When one is frustrated we talk aloud to ourselves to vent. I felt Hamlet's actions and self-overing was a way for him to just let everything out. He had so much bottled up, he needed to just say what bothered him. His actions where understandable when you understood how he felt.
Performative utterance and self-overheaing helped move the story along. You where able to understand how a character, not just Hamlet, felt. Having self-overhearing justified his actions or performative utterance.
Hamlet's actions to speak out loud (self-overhearing) let us comprehend the story better. In his "to be or not to be," speech you got a sense of what he what he was feeling. He got to understand his actions as well. During the speech he talked about how he thought death was better than dealing with all the stress placed on his shoulders. You got to see how stable he was or if he was becoming a madman. Him speaking aloud helped us see how he was feeling and how complicated his life was to deal with.
Performative utterance/action showed how he impacted the characters through interaction. You knew who he trusted and what his motives were towards others. He didn't really like others much after he saw their true colors. His only friend he trusted was Horatio. His actions towards others also affected them. His wild ways, caused others to go mad and even kill themselves. His mother didn't care for him after his behaivor, his uncle didn't trust him, his child hood friends did what his uncle told them to do, he accidentally killed Polonius, Ophelia becoming mad killed herself, and Laertes wanted to kill him. The tragic accident of Hamlet's fathers death, caused him much pain and distance himselves from others. Hamlet's actions impacted the other characters immensly.
I can see how actions and speaking aloud can help any situation. Everyone uses self-overhearing. When one is frustrated we talk aloud to ourselves to vent. I felt Hamlet's actions and self-overing was a way for him to just let everything out. He had so much bottled up, he needed to just say what bothered him. His actions where understandable when you understood how he felt.
Performative utterance and self-overheaing helped move the story along. You where able to understand how a character, not just Hamlet, felt. Having self-overhearing justified his actions or performative utterance.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
What I learn from Dr. Preston's class
On thing I learned from Dr. Preston's class is not to procrastinate. In this class you don't really benfit with procrastinating. Especially with reading your literary analysis book. I have always procrastinating my whole life. I usually don't study for the vocab test until Thursday. Though I do think I do better when studying the last day only because everything is fresh in my mind and usually I remember things easier. This however, does not help me in the long run. After studying the for one day and then using them the next. I really have no more use for them. So all the words I learned gets pushed to the back burner. Then I don't even remember them a week later. Another flaw with my technique is when Dr. Preston surprised us with having the quiz on Thursday. Figuring this out a period before, I had not even written the definitions and had no idea what any words meant but a few. So as you can see procrastinating might help me sometimes, but I have learned from this class that maybe that is not a wise choice.
Roy Christopher Notes
One major thing I remember most from Roy Christopher: was how he talked about the different generations.
-Roy Christopher
•Started out in 1980's.
•He was a BMX rider/skateboarder.
•Couldn't find a publisher for his first book, so he self-published it.
-Trust the youth
•Older generation has no trust in younger generation
•They Are not familiar with the technology
•Born into a certain technology some generations will be able to adapt better.
•Older generation: new technology is foreign to them. They don't know how to use it and think if they can't use it we shouldn't? (maybe there more scared if they can't get the hang if something)
-Screen play is a key point in life now.
•How more true could that statement be. Most technology has a screen. Examples: Tv, computer, iPod,cell phone, etc.
•Apple is always making something new with a touch screen now.
-Our enviroment affects our technology, technology doesn't affect our enviroment.
•Technology is part of enviroment
-Multi-tasking is normal for our generation.
•Many teens, will multi-task. If they are on the computer, they are probably on many websites. Example a teen while doing homework is also on facebook.
•Multi-tasking is not the same for older generation because they will usually stick to one task.
-Digital Maturity
•Know the technolgy
•And how it works
-Roy Christopher
•Started out in 1980's.
•He was a BMX rider/skateboarder.
•Couldn't find a publisher for his first book, so he self-published it.
-Trust the youth
•Older generation has no trust in younger generation
•They Are not familiar with the technology
•Born into a certain technology some generations will be able to adapt better.
•Older generation: new technology is foreign to them. They don't know how to use it and think if they can't use it we shouldn't? (maybe there more scared if they can't get the hang if something)
-Screen play is a key point in life now.
•How more true could that statement be. Most technology has a screen. Examples: Tv, computer, iPod,cell phone, etc.
•Apple is always making something new with a touch screen now.
-Our enviroment affects our technology, technology doesn't affect our enviroment.
•Technology is part of enviroment
-Multi-tasking is normal for our generation.
•Many teens, will multi-task. If they are on the computer, they are probably on many websites. Example a teen while doing homework is also on facebook.
•Multi-tasking is not the same for older generation because they will usually stick to one task.
-Digital Maturity
•Know the technolgy
•And how it works
Monday, October 24, 2011
Literary Analysis #2
The Catcher in the Rye
A. The Catcher in the Rye is about a young man named Holden Caulfield. Who basically has something wrong to say about others, he also claims how everybody around him are phonies and fakes. He is very lonely, foolish and selfish at times. The story begins were he goes to a school called Pency. Where we learn he has just been kicked out for flunking four out of five classes. He refuses to go home and hopes after a couple days of his family getting the news of him getting kicked out of another school. They won't be as angry. He leaves Pency early after getting in a fight with roommate, which ends him getting slugged in the face. He stays at a hotel where he tries to get drunk and lucky with various women. Though when his elevator man suggest a prostitute for him to go meet at his room, is where things went bad to worse. Holden wasn’t a confident man and really only wanted to talk to the girl. Later the guy and girl come back and beat Holden and take money they thought they deserved. Through out the story Holden meets up with old friends, only to have each reunion end badly with them getting annoyed or angry with him. He gets drunk and makes more foolish decisions. He goes to visit his sister Phoebe late at night, because he needed to talk with someone and was also low on cash. After the encounter he leaves, with extra money, and goes to an old teacher’s house. Where he plans to stay the night. In early morning he is woken by his teacher stroking his head. Holden flips out and leaves immediately. Where he gets his bags from the station and has came to the decision of running away. He informs his sister Phoebe what he has decided, and she comes and surprises him declaring she wishes to run with him. After him blowing up at her he tells her he will stay and takes her to the zoo and ends where he sits and watches her ride a carousel.
B. I believe a major theme for this story would be solitude. Throughout the story I believe Holden is very lonely. One point in the story he has a prostitute sent to his room, but wants nothing more then to have a conversation with her. He called up a person he knew from college but referred to him as a phony, but nevertheless he wanted to get drinks with him. He always tried to strike up conversations with others, he even talked with a nun about Romeo and Juliet, he says though he didn’t really like the play, but was glad he could say something to her they both could discuss. These events show Holden only wanted to talk with others and have company, even if he didn’t fancy them.
C. The author tone changes around in the story. The tone always had a negative aspect, cynical. He always was pointing out the negatives of others. Like when he went to the bar and pointed out how the piano player was too good he started to sound phony. He says the same thing at a play he went to where the actors where so great at performing it started to disgust him. Another scene would be how he explains the reason he flunks out of school is because he hated the rules and all the phonies there.
D. In the book there are many literary elements.
· Metaphors where used in the book. The teacher in the beginning told Holden “Life is a game that one plays according to the rules. Another metaphor is when Holden is with the taxi driver, and he asks where the ducks go when it gets cold. I believe this is him trying to wonder where he should go. Comparing himself to the ducks in needing a place to fly to. Another metaphor is when Holden compares the suitcases and uses them to compare to the owners. Saying you can tell a roommate is rich or upper class when they have nice leather suitcases, rather then if you see poor looking ones. You know their owner is not wealthy.
· Symbols: The ducks can also be used as a symbol. A symbol of how Holden feels, a place he needs to go to, where no one knows where they leave too. The red hunter hat is a symbol of his lost brother Allie and reminds him of his red hair. His brother’s baseball mitt was a symbol of his lost brother as well, and gave us a more deeper side of Holden and saw him as compassionate.
· Setting I think played a key role in the story. The hotel not being the best and was at the bad side of town. Gave the feel and helped set the tone with it being cynical. A lot of the bars were dark and nothing was described as bright. Another setting that added to the dark affect when he was walking around the streets at night and phoned Sally. The setting was gloomy and him being drunk acting like he was shot, had the setting be perfect for the character's actions.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Tools That Change The Way We Think
Internet/media/ technology has changed the world. It already has me thinking what the future holds for us. There is a vast expansion of technology already. A new thing is being thought up everyday. Without technology I feel I wouldn’t know as much as I do now. Media and internet keeps us informed of things happening around us, where we are able to get information quicker. When I think of older generation and how they obtain information I think of how little they new in a timely manner. They didn’t have the ability to just use a computer and find any information they wanted by a press of a key. For them they probably had to get information from a book. I see how technology has evolved immensely. It makes you wonder how we would be if we didn’t have a computer, phone, or TV. We would get most information from printed material. Hear of events from newspapers or simply by others. I believe the older generation probably socialized more than we do. We simple just send messages to one another. When back then if they wanted to talk to a friend they would go to one’s house.
There are many positive but there are some negative in having our society rapidly progressing. A major negative would be people will only become lazier. In the future, I have no doubt, they will probably make a computer where you don't even need to type and you simple tell the computer what to look up and it does it. They already have the iphone where you can speak into it and it will translate it in text message format. Now wait until they put the same idea into every technology such as: computer and television.
I found a couple different sites, which named each generation and gave description of each one and how they differ from one another.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
In Search Of
I learned the internet is showing us what it thinks we want to see. I learned about a filter bubble and its your own personal unique universe of information that you live on online. And in your filter bubble depends what you do and who you are, but it's out of your control what gets put into this bubble and you don't get to see what gets edited out. I also learned that even if you search the same things, anyone can get different information or results.
My thinking process has changed when example if we get the same project to do in a class. The information we obtain to get it can be significantly different from others. Others may not see or find what I did even if we write the same words in the search engine of Google. It makes me think what information I am missing and that I don't get a chance to view because of this algorithm. Almost like I am being cheated out information I may want but may never get.
If we have no control of our filter bubble, how do we tell it to give us information we rather have? How will things progress, will filter bubbles continue? Are there changes being made to these algorthm? What does the future hold for us? And how will social network change? What benefits or loss do I get with this filter bubble? Since I live in a house of five and we all use the same computer, it makes me think it will truly never even give me information I want. The filter bubble on my computer has the idea of what five people like. So this only makes me think that the filter bubble doesn't even know the links I click on, coming to a conclusion I don't even have my own filter bubble. The filter bubble was described as your own universe but for me it is the universe of five girls put together. Or am I wrong? Does sharing a computer change things immensly? There are an endless sea of questions that come to mind. But will they ever be answered is the real question.
A way to perhaps I could try to improve my searches, would be to use multiple searches. Or trying to be more clear in what I am searching for. Maybe not even using the internet but going to the library. And do the old fashion way of finding information.
While I looked up information on Shakespeare I tried the technique in using to differnet search engines. I used Yahoo and Google, in all honesty though I found not that much different information. There were different articles, but the information didn't really change. I did see some different articles that here helpful that had slight different information, which was good. But I still came to the same conclusion in that there is no real solid evidence.
My thinking process has changed when example if we get the same project to do in a class. The information we obtain to get it can be significantly different from others. Others may not see or find what I did even if we write the same words in the search engine of Google. It makes me think what information I am missing and that I don't get a chance to view because of this algorithm. Almost like I am being cheated out information I may want but may never get.
If we have no control of our filter bubble, how do we tell it to give us information we rather have? How will things progress, will filter bubbles continue? Are there changes being made to these algorthm? What does the future hold for us? And how will social network change? What benefits or loss do I get with this filter bubble? Since I live in a house of five and we all use the same computer, it makes me think it will truly never even give me information I want. The filter bubble on my computer has the idea of what five people like. So this only makes me think that the filter bubble doesn't even know the links I click on, coming to a conclusion I don't even have my own filter bubble. The filter bubble was described as your own universe but for me it is the universe of five girls put together. Or am I wrong? Does sharing a computer change things immensly? There are an endless sea of questions that come to mind. But will they ever be answered is the real question.
A way to perhaps I could try to improve my searches, would be to use multiple searches. Or trying to be more clear in what I am searching for. Maybe not even using the internet but going to the library. And do the old fashion way of finding information.
While I looked up information on Shakespeare I tried the technique in using to differnet search engines. I used Yahoo and Google, in all honesty though I found not that much different information. There were different articles, but the information didn't really change. I did see some different articles that here helpful that had slight different information, which was good. But I still came to the same conclusion in that there is no real solid evidence.
Who was Shakespeare?
Shakespeare is the name everyone would know. His plays being his foundation, everyone is mostly familiar with Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, and Hamlet. He was a well known poet, whose work was greatly admired. The main conflict seen is did Shakespeare write these plays? Evidence, I guess, has been found saying and Edward de Vere wrote the books. Saying events cloes to his life match the plays. Can the they actually say the evidence is factual. It more of a second thought process if you ask me. They don't really have and documentation to prove their points. Many claim Shakespeare was illiterate, and could not have written those plays. It is now questionable if Shakespeare did even write these plays. In reality though I feel we will never know and is a waste of time to try and figure out this mystery. If they can't find any hard evidence then know one will really be convince. It is a sad thought is if Edward de Vere did write these plays, he should get the right to have his name on his works and deserves credit.
Student's perceived Shakespeare's work as "Old English." Over the years I was never really a fan of Shakespeare's works. I didn't like Romeo and Juliet and I felt Julius Caesar was alright. Once I started to read Hamlet I liked the book a lot. And started to understand his work more. I think the way I had read his words may had threw me off when I was younger. I do remember not understanding not much of it and seeing the story's plot as horrible. I think taking Acts step by step has made me understand it better. I also think though the plot to Hamlet got my attention. The language is th only thing I sturggle with, it is sometimes hard to understand what he is saying. I feel if I didn't have the foot notes in my version of Hamlet, I probably woud have not understand it well at all.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/merchant/shakespeare.html
http://www.bard.org/education/studyguides/shakespeare/words.html
http://www.smdp.com/Articles-c-2011-10-19-72784.113116-Movie-review-The-case-for-Edward-de-Vere.html
Student's perceived Shakespeare's work as "Old English." Over the years I was never really a fan of Shakespeare's works. I didn't like Romeo and Juliet and I felt Julius Caesar was alright. Once I started to read Hamlet I liked the book a lot. And started to understand his work more. I think the way I had read his words may had threw me off when I was younger. I do remember not understanding not much of it and seeing the story's plot as horrible. I think taking Acts step by step has made me understand it better. I also think though the plot to Hamlet got my attention. The language is th only thing I sturggle with, it is sometimes hard to understand what he is saying. I feel if I didn't have the foot notes in my version of Hamlet, I probably woud have not understand it well at all.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/merchant/shakespeare.html
http://www.bard.org/education/studyguides/shakespeare/words.html
http://www.smdp.com/Articles-c-2011-10-19-72784.113116-Movie-review-The-case-for-Edward-de-Vere.html
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Notes on Hamlet
In Hamlet I seen a great character change in Hamlet. In the start of the play he was mournful of his father's death. After the visit from the ghost, Hamlet isn't mournful and wants revenge. He begins to mentally struggle with everything, and others see him him as insane. He talks of death and thinks it may be better at one point. He starts to lash out at others and not trust others. At first he wasn't sure his uncle was guilty and wanted to make sure. Once he was positive he sets out to kill him. A mistake he made is when Hamlet thought Claudius was hiding in his mother's room and satbs him but it was really Polonius. This is the point where everyone will believe he is insane.
I almost believe Hamlet is going mad, in trying to kill his Uncle. He wants to kill him perfectly when he is sinning, so he won't go to heaven. He is planning more things out, in the end I think Hamlet mental struggles will only get worse and destroy him in the end. After seeing Hamlet not hesitate in trying to kill the king but accidently killing Polonius. I see Hamlet killing his Uncle, Hamlet is at the point of no return and will stop at nothing for revenge for his father.
I almost believe Hamlet is going mad, in trying to kill his Uncle. He wants to kill him perfectly when he is sinning, so he won't go to heaven. He is planning more things out, in the end I think Hamlet mental struggles will only get worse and destroy him in the end. After seeing Hamlet not hesitate in trying to kill the king but accidently killing Polonius. I see Hamlet killing his Uncle, Hamlet is at the point of no return and will stop at nothing for revenge for his father.
To Facebook or Not To Facebook
When I first came across facebook, I thought it was a waste of time and no use for it. Just like Myspace I didn't really see a point to having these Social Network. I felt we have texting and emails, why do we need another way of communication. I think Facebook is used for many reasons, some more reasonable then others.
In my opinion I feel Facebook is mainly use to vent feelings. You don't know how many times I see something like: "Why won't he talk to me?", "Worse day ever!", "I'm tired of everyone," "My life sucks!", etc. Almost like they want attention and have someone go: "What's wrong?" Or "Who?". I really see no point in writing things like that. Why not just say: "Someone want to talk to me?" Instead of throwing out hints you need someone to talk to. I feel this is not reasonable use for Facebook.
I still keep that impression that there is no use for a Facebook but feel it is handy to get a facebook. It is an easier way to get a hold of someone. Especially when someone loses their phone or doesn't check their emails. I never check my email, and I do check Facebook everyday. It's faster to chat then with text messaging. It's also handy when you can see up coming events or birthdays. I always forget my friends birthdays and forget to put on my calendar. It's nice to know so you can tell them the next day or message them wishing them a great day. I like how you can see events as well. My leader from my 4-H group always post when meetings are. I feel that is one very useful aspect of Facebook.
There are many risks with Facebook though. I know for a fact if someone wanted to find me they probably could. It's not like I post my location, but I do have where I go to school and that I play on the tennis team. With there being only one Stephanie on the team it's not that hard to figure out who I am. It's not that difficult if you think about it. With Facebook having a GPS Locator, people can see: So and so have just arrived at Olive Garden. Then there are those who put on status things they don't attend for use. Someone could say, "going to the lake with family this weekend." Now you just alerted to everyone you are not going to be home and neither is your family. You might have not meant it but that's what others may see. A thing I figured out as well with Facebook if someone becomes your friend on facebook, and they have a smart phone, they could get your number. If you ever sent a photo from your phone, facebook has your cell number. Those with a smart phone automatically gets the number in their contact list. So if you add someone you don't really know and they have a smart phone, they easily get your number.
Another major risk I see with Facebook is fake profile. I remember someone told me that they had four Facebook accounts. It is so easy to make a new email address and another Facebook account. There is no doubt in my mind that people have fake accounts. So how can you say your talking to a person you know, when really you might not know them at all. Someone might say their a seventeen year old girl, when really they could be thirty year old man.
There may be some benefits in having a Facebook but where there are benefits there are risks. Depending how you use your facebook, depends how safe you are. I think there are more risks then benefits in Facebook. The article we read only made me more aware of the risks and had me think more if I should even have a Facebook. It had me thinking to make things private and think before posting anything that could be harmful to myself.
In my opinion I feel Facebook is mainly use to vent feelings. You don't know how many times I see something like: "Why won't he talk to me?", "Worse day ever!", "I'm tired of everyone," "My life sucks!", etc. Almost like they want attention and have someone go: "What's wrong?" Or "Who?". I really see no point in writing things like that. Why not just say: "Someone want to talk to me?" Instead of throwing out hints you need someone to talk to. I feel this is not reasonable use for Facebook.
I still keep that impression that there is no use for a Facebook but feel it is handy to get a facebook. It is an easier way to get a hold of someone. Especially when someone loses their phone or doesn't check their emails. I never check my email, and I do check Facebook everyday. It's faster to chat then with text messaging. It's also handy when you can see up coming events or birthdays. I always forget my friends birthdays and forget to put on my calendar. It's nice to know so you can tell them the next day or message them wishing them a great day. I like how you can see events as well. My leader from my 4-H group always post when meetings are. I feel that is one very useful aspect of Facebook.
There are many risks with Facebook though. I know for a fact if someone wanted to find me they probably could. It's not like I post my location, but I do have where I go to school and that I play on the tennis team. With there being only one Stephanie on the team it's not that hard to figure out who I am. It's not that difficult if you think about it. With Facebook having a GPS Locator, people can see: So and so have just arrived at Olive Garden. Then there are those who put on status things they don't attend for use. Someone could say, "going to the lake with family this weekend." Now you just alerted to everyone you are not going to be home and neither is your family. You might have not meant it but that's what others may see. A thing I figured out as well with Facebook if someone becomes your friend on facebook, and they have a smart phone, they could get your number. If you ever sent a photo from your phone, facebook has your cell number. Those with a smart phone automatically gets the number in their contact list. So if you add someone you don't really know and they have a smart phone, they easily get your number.
Another major risk I see with Facebook is fake profile. I remember someone told me that they had four Facebook accounts. It is so easy to make a new email address and another Facebook account. There is no doubt in my mind that people have fake accounts. So how can you say your talking to a person you know, when really you might not know them at all. Someone might say their a seventeen year old girl, when really they could be thirty year old man.
There may be some benefits in having a Facebook but where there are benefits there are risks. Depending how you use your facebook, depends how safe you are. I think there are more risks then benefits in Facebook. The article we read only made me more aware of the risks and had me think more if I should even have a Facebook. It had me thinking to make things private and think before posting anything that could be harmful to myself.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Literature Analysis Questions
1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a tragic story told in the point of view of Nick Carraway. The story is about the love struggle between Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. Daisy is Nick's Cousin, he gets to see all the events unravel before him. Right off the back, Tom takes Nick to show him his mistress, Myrtle Wilson. Nick finds out that Tom and Myrtle have an apartment hidden away for their affairs. In this apartment, you get see roughier of Tom Buchanan, where during quarrel with Myrtle breaks her nose. Later on in the story, Nick meets Gatsby at a party. Where Nick becomes more acquainted with the lovely Miss Jordan Baker. Only starting his own romance. He then learns, from Gatsby, that he and Daisy had once loved each other. When the story progresses, Gatsby asks Nick for a favor to reunite him and lost love. During the reunion it was first very awkward but later they find the love they once had for each other is still there, which in turns starts their own affair. Tom figures out this affair at luncheon where he sees Gatsby staring at Daisy with much emotion. Tom confronts the two at a hotel, where Daisy says she is leaving Tom. Only for Tom to shoot down her confidence when he tells Daisy that Gatsby is a criminal. After Tom is confident nothing will happen, he sends Gatsby to take her Daisy home. Tom and Nick later leave the hotel to only find a big commotion happening at George's garage place, Myrtle's husband. Where they find Myrtle dead, being told that a car ran her over. After hearing the car's description Nick figures out it was Gatsby's car. Tom figures this out to and tells George in secret, that Gatsby had ran her over. George jumps to conclusion that it must of been Gatsby who was Myrtle's lover. Nick goes to confront Gatsby, where Gatsby tells him that it was Daisy who drove the car but will take the blame himself. Later when Gatsby is in a pool, George finds him and shoots him then pulls the trigger on himself. Daisy and Tom go back to acting like nothing happened. Nick holds a funeral for Gatsby, and at Gatsby's house he meets Gatsby's father. Nick sees the true nature of humans and is disgusted of how they act. He breaks his relationship with Jordan and leaves the town.
2. Foolish people make poor choices. If the foolish people made better decisions, others wouldn't have been affected by them. Daiy and Tom made foolish choices, causing the death of George, Myrtle and Gatsby.
3. The author's tone, changes through out the book. In the beginning it has a more happy feel, with all the parties. Then the author starts to describe charcters, and makes you start disliking some. The author holds a very critical and satirical tone. Then near the end changes into a more gloomy and mournful tone.
a. Examples from the story "There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and he champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his motor-boats slid the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains."
This is from the beginning of the book, describing Gatsby's party. Where the mood is happy and pleasant.
b.In the story gthe author is always pointing out flaws, or describing a charcter in such away that they are disliked. Then, in te story, it had Myrtle were she spoke like she was in the higher class, when she is really in the lower class. Showing the authors tone as, satirical and critical.
c. Quote: "I couldn’t forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
This is in the end of the story, explaining how foolish people can hurt others with their actions. This shows the tone gloomy and mournful. Since they had destroyed the life of three people.
4. The author had great imagery and described charcters very well. The atmosphere in the story changed immensly through out the story. Another literary elements was symbol which was shownthrough out the book.
The author described the characters in such away you could picture them and how they behave. You saw their true colors, and looked at them differently.
The atmosphere changed a lot in the story. In the beginning it starts off with a happy feel only to end with a mournful sad mood.
Quote showing a symbol:
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter - tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther … And one fine morning -
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
This symbol is the love Gatsby has for Daisy. where he longs to be with her.
2. Foolish people make poor choices. If the foolish people made better decisions, others wouldn't have been affected by them. Daiy and Tom made foolish choices, causing the death of George, Myrtle and Gatsby.
3. The author's tone, changes through out the book. In the beginning it has a more happy feel, with all the parties. Then the author starts to describe charcters, and makes you start disliking some. The author holds a very critical and satirical tone. Then near the end changes into a more gloomy and mournful tone.
a. Examples from the story "There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and he champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his motor-boats slid the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains."
This is from the beginning of the book, describing Gatsby's party. Where the mood is happy and pleasant.
b.In the story gthe author is always pointing out flaws, or describing a charcter in such away that they are disliked. Then, in te story, it had Myrtle were she spoke like she was in the higher class, when she is really in the lower class. Showing the authors tone as, satirical and critical.
c. Quote: "I couldn’t forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
This is in the end of the story, explaining how foolish people can hurt others with their actions. This shows the tone gloomy and mournful. Since they had destroyed the life of three people.
4. The author had great imagery and described charcters very well. The atmosphere in the story changed immensly through out the story. Another literary elements was symbol which was shownthrough out the book.
The author described the characters in such away you could picture them and how they behave. You saw their true colors, and looked at them differently.
The atmosphere changed a lot in the story. In the beginning it starts off with a happy feel only to end with a mournful sad mood.
Quote showing a symbol:
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter - tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther … And one fine morning -
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
This symbol is the love Gatsby has for Daisy. where he longs to be with her.
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